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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
sYRIA's BEAUTIFUL SLAVES.
The Arduous and Barbaric Duties
of the Wives Of Bible Lands.
A Blood-Stained Road.


There are grand women in Arabia ::
women of ability, keen in insight and
wonderful capabilities, writes Florence
NJ. Jones in the Swiss Cross. The du-
ties of the wife of the Syrian to-day are
as follows:
She nlngs all the water for family
use from a distant well. This is accom-
plished by filling immense jars and
banging them upon her head. She
rises early and goes to. the handmill of
the village carrying corn. enough of
which for the days bread she grinds by
a slow, laborious process. This she car
ries home and cooks in an oven, which
is made in the earth. 1t is round hole,
lined with oval and fiat stones, and
heated by a fire built in it. When the
bread is mixed with water and a little
salt, she removes the ashes and plasters
pats of dough against the hot stones to
cook. Could anything be more crude?
She cares for her children--unusualiv
a large fanlily-and does all the rougi.
work at intervals. while the husband
calmly smokes his "argeIie," or sits
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
ST. SC|HDA'S DANCE
A Mississippi Negro Priestess Predicts
the Judgment Day.
A STRANGE SOUTHERN STORY
a Singular Theocracy of Which She
Claims to Be the Inspired Leader
---0n Election Day.

RENADA county
furnishes a new
theocracy, which is
Interesting. Along
after the war a ne
gro woman named
Scinda, who was a
slave Of c a p t.
Mitchell, a farmer
of this county, sud-
denly revealed it to
)the world that she
had been inspired
by God, and was a
servant of His to
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
Brothers in Misfortune.

New York Sun.
Two bruised and battered patients
lay side by side in hospital ward.
I'm base ball umpire" said one
''whO are yOu?"
Il was one of the judges at baby
Show" said the other; and the orderly
came and gave each of them hypoder-
mic injection of morphine.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
How Nature Gets Even.

Whitehall Times.
Nature is bound to keep up The aver
age. When she makes IL man who can
accumulate a fortune she usually pro-
duces family of spcndthrifts to s0an-
der it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
A Case Of Supererogation.

Harper's Bazaar
Mistress of the House Ito small col
ored help)-Did you knock at Miss Ade-
ladies door when l sent you up with
her lunch?
Small Colored Help with prefer
natural grayity)-NO, ma am. Wat was
de use OF a-knockin' at her do wen |
knoWed sure she was in dar?
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23

miro Dr.. Fl. Waite, Specialist
m. Graduate; IL years resident
! tAhVl of Minneapolis. Why suf.
fer when cure is mild, simple, certainp
Ask hundreds of ting citizens of ST.
Paul, minneapolis AMI the Northwest as
10 the satisfactory tire ttment and cure.
pamphiet free. ll27 ennepln Avenue
Minneapolis.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23

From a Selfish Point of View.
Kentucky State Journal.
Business mottO-Be clever to those
you can use to your advantage.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
DR.. BRINLEY.
Hale Block, Hennepin AV., Cor. Fifth St.
Opposite West Hotel.

Regularly graduated and legally qualified.
long engaged in Chronic. Nervous and Skin
Diseases. A friendly talk costs nothing. IL
inconvenient to visit the city for treatment
medicine sent by mail or express, free from
observation. Durable cases guaranteed. If
doubt exists we say SO. Hours 10 to 2 a M.
10 and to l.. a.; Sundays, 2 to 5 D. m.
II you cannot come state case by mail.
Diseases from 1ndiseretion, Excess or Ex-
posure, Nervousness, Debility, Dimness of
Sight Perverted Vision, Defective Memory.
Face Pimples, Melancholy, Restlessness, Loss
of Spirits, Pains in the Back, etc, are treated
with success. Safely privately, speedily.
Catarrh, Throat Nose, Lung Diseases,
Liver Complaints. 1t Is self-evident that a
physician paying particular attention to a
class OF diseases attains great skill Every
known application is resorted to, and the
proved good remedies of all ages and coun.
tries are used. All are treated with skill in a
respectful manner. No experiments ara
made. Medicines prepared in my own la
boratory. Or account Of the great number
Of cases applying the charges are kept low:
often lower than others Skill and perfect
cures are important. Call or write Syptom
lists and pamphlet free by mail The doctor
has successfully treated hundreds Of cases In
this city and vicinity. -
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
DR.. MEL SON
226 Washington Ay. S. Cor. Third Az.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN

Devoted twenty years to hospital and sne.
c1ai office practice. Guarantees to eradicate
and permanently cure, without caustic or
mercury, chronic or poisonous diseases Of
the blood, throat, nose, skin. bladder and
kindred organs Gravel and structure cured
without pain or cutting. Acute or chronic
urinary diseases cured in three to eight davs
by a local remedy. Victims of indiscretion
or excess with cough, Indigestion, tired feel
ing, nervous, physical and organic weakness.
rendering marriage improper or unhappy
should call or write, as they are often treated
for consumption, dyspepsia and liver com
plant, by inexperienced men, who mistake
the cause Of the evil and thus multiply both.
Separate rooms for ladies. No nai,seou
drugs used. Hours 8 to IL m, 2 to 5 and
70 8 p. m. Sunday 2 to 8 p. m.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
A Waltz Through the Cham
bep Of Commerce and a
Look at the Members.
Peter Berkey Carries Off the
Prize for Being the Humor-
ist Of the Body.
D. R. Noyes is Looked Upon
as Being the Sliekest Of
All the Boys.
E. w. Peet Takes the Cake for
Interesting Story Telling
About Other Members.

Gen. John L.
Averill is one of
the most genteeily-
dressed gentlemen
belonging to the
chamber of COM
merce.
G. V. Bacon is as
dignifed as the
best of them.
Peter Berkey is
: the most humor-
Gus of all our pub
lie speakers, and
4hA hA@-E &c - -
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
PISTOLS AND COFFEE.
Ramble About the Old Bladensburg
Dueling Ground.
THE OLD DUELISTS' TAVERN.
The Desolate, But Interesting Window
of a Once Lively Commerce.
Spot Where Decatur Fell.

ROUND Washing
ton there are many
pleasant and inter
esting envirOnS, but
none OF them per-
hapS so little known
and written about
as the historic field
of Blad e II S b urg.
lThe very name, so
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
1T STANDS AT THE HEAD.
HESTTEETH So

HESTTEETlH So
SUTHERLAND & RAY,
Palnless Dentists. From
! TO % teeth extracted
il one minute without
III J pain whatever. No
chloroform. No ether.
No poisonous drugs.
Gold Filings, S1.5O.
Largest dental estab-
lishnient west of New
York city. SO Washing
ton avenue south, Min
neapolis. Open Even.
ngs and Sunday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10
Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Isl.
ands--In Equity.
BEFORE M'CULLY ].

GEORGE TRAsK, EFT AL. VS.. PAK1Ko EFT AL
The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10
Supreme Court of the Hawaiian ISL
ands--In Chambers.
In THE MATTER OF An NOOK AND
CHoCK HIN.
BEFORE PRESTON ].

In this case [ granted a writ OF
habeas corpus for the above named
All Nook and Chock Hin on the ale
cations in a petition presented by
one Akai that the above named per
sons were detained by the Marshal in
the Oahu prison unlawfully, under
an alleged conviction for gaming.
The prisoners were brought before
me and return was fled by the Mar
shall avering that the prisoners were
lawfully in his custody by virtue of a
Judgment of the Police Court OF Ho
nolulu, dated the 18th March last adj
Judging the prisoners together with
one Lu Choy guilty Of violating Sec
ton 5, Chapter Al of the Session Laws
of 1886, and of the mittimus issued
Hereunder.
This return was traversed.
It appears from the records that
the prisoners and two other persons
were charged before the Police Court
with g Gaming at Chez Fa at Homo
lulu, on 18th instant" and that after
a motion to dismiss the complaint
was made by counsel on behalf of
said prisoners and one of the other
parties charged, a nolle prosequi
having been entered against the
fourth man, on the ground that there
was no evidence to support the charge
of gaming and which was overruled,
the Magistrate convicted the prison
ers of violating IL Section 5, Chapter
Al laws of 1885," and sentenced them
to pay fine of seyenty-fve dollars
each and costs.
The prisoners were arrested in de-
fault of payment of the fine.
1 am of opinion that this conviction
is illegal. The defendants were not
charged under the law of 1886, which
provides punishment against per-
sons having in their possession IN
lawfully any ticket used
or which can be used at any lottery
i ! ::
This is seperate and distinct Act
from the Chapter in the Penal Code
relating to gaming, and which offence
is therein defined
The prisoners were not guilty of
the offense with which they were
charged, and should have been dis
missed.
They might then have been re
charged with the proper offense, to
which they could have made their
defence, if any they had.
From the manner in which the
case was decided, they were deprived
OF their legal right to make a defence,
and their conviction thus being void
they must be discharged and it is so
ordered.
W. R. Castle for relator A. P.
Peterson for the Crown.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10

BEFORE M'cULLY j.
The bill alleges in the first fou1
paragraphs that one Keawekolohe
was seized Of certain premises upon
which he placed a mortgage and
afterward a second mortgage and
further, afterwards conveyed the
premises to another party, Queen
Emma, by deed absolute on the
face, but intended solely as security
for a debt, Keawekolohe still retain
ing possession and exercising owner
ship.
That thereafter James I. Dowsett.
at the solicitation of the plaintiff. to
save the premises from sale under
foreclosure took an assignment of the
two mortgages also deed without
consideration from Queen Emma by
way of mortgage and not as a deed
in fee of said premises.
That thereafter one Moekauhane,
mother of Albert Trask, one of the
plaintiffs and step daughter of Keawe-
kolohe with the consent of Keawe-
kolohe undertook to raise by contri-
button of the relatives and friends an
amount sufficient to pay off the three
mortgages, with the understanding
that conveyance of the premises be
then made to Albert Trask.
That in pursuance of said agree
ment and for other considerations Kea-
wekolohe conveyed the premises to
Albert Trask, May 18th, 1877, who
then recorded it.
That some time or times previous
to August 18th, 1879. Albert Trask
and the other plaintiffs contributed
over four hundred dollars which they
paid to James ]. Dowsett in full, sat
isfaction of the liens held by him, but
that no conveyance was then made.
That thereafter the said Moekau-
hane and the defendant Paikiko, who
is charged to have been her paramour
conspiring and with intent to defraud
Albert Trask, requested Mr.. Dowsett
to convey the legal title to them on
which he, ignorant of the Equities of
the case, made them a joint deed of
the premises without consideration.
The bill then charges that said Pa
kiko was well aware of the facts and
equities above alleged, and says that
he was thereby guilty of fraud, and
that the deed is cloud on the plain
tifss title, and that Pakiko holds the
legal title of one-haf interest for Al
bert Irask.
Moekauhane has deceased leaving
the legal title of her half to Albert
and David Trask, who is willing to
convey his part to Albert. That prior
to the death CT Moekauhane she and
Pakiko mortgaged the premises.
The present holders of the mort
gage have been joined as parties. and
answer, submitting to the Court.
That plaintiff IS believe and fear that
defendant is making away with his
property with fraudulent intent, and
declines to convey to Albert Trask.
The bill prays that Pakiko be de-
clared to hold the legal title to one
half the premises in trust and for the
use of Albert Trask, and that he be
ordered to reconyey to him. and that
he be compelled to indemnify and
protect the said Albert Trask against
the mortgage made by him.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10
BEFORE JUDD c. j., M'CULLY j., PRESTON j.,
BICKERTON j., EoRNANDER ABSENT.

BEFORE JUDD c. j., M'CULLY j., PRESTON j.,
BICKERToN j., BoRNANDER ABSENT.
Opinion Of the Court.
Having heard the arguments of
Counsel and having examined the
pleadings and proofs in the case, we
are of the opinion that the decision of
Mr.. Justice McCully appealed from
should be adopted and the decree by
him made affirmed and it is accord
ingly, so ordered.
W. A Kinney for plaintiffs; NJ
Thompson for defendants.
Honolulu, April 22d, 1887.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10
Snpreme Court of the Hawaiian ISL
ands--In Banco. In Equity.

GEO. TRAsK, DAVID TRAsK, KA1IAI, KY
NALULU wv, PAEAHU. PANUI, WAlA
NUHEA AND ALBERT TRAsK. VS.. IL W.
PAKIKo AND THE MINOR CHILDREN OF
ANTOINE MANUEL DIED AND RI. Rev.
II. HOFFMAN, THEIR GUARDIAN.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-30
Kayaking In Greenland.

From an illustrated sketch of some per-
sonal experiences by General A. w. Gree
ly in the August Century we quote the fol-
lowing: This dangerous craft is gradually
dying out in Greenland, and only the
brighter and more ambitious bows acquire
1t. Practice must commence at a tender
age, and must be continued assiduously.
Jens had pride and delight in the art.
such as was unusual in his settlement. For
those who have never seen kayak | will
imperfectly describe it as shuttle-shaped
boat, consisting of wooden framework.
which is fastened together generally by
seal-skin thongs, and over which is
stretched covering of tanned seal-skin as
neatly and tightly as in the sheep-skin of
drum-head. The skin covering is so
well tanned, and it is SO deity sewn to-
gether with sinew thread by the Eskimo
women, that no drop of water finds its way
through skin or seam. The use of seal
thong in uniting the stanchions gives great
strength and equal elasticity, allowing
with impunity great shocks which other
wise would destroy so frail a structure.
The boat is usually some fifteen feet long,
and from its central point gently curves
upward-from a width of twenty and a
depth of ten inches-to pointed ends.
Both prov and stern are carefully armed
with a thin molding of walrus ivory, which
is a protection to the skin covering when
the hunter, spinning through the water,
strikes small ice, or, in landing, so throws
forward and upward his kayak that boat
and man slide easily and safely up the
edge on to the level surface of a foe. The
only opening is circular hole with a
bone or wooden ring, its size being strictly
limited to the circumference of the hips of
the largest hunter who is to use it.
A water proof combination Jacket and
mitten of obtained seal-skin is worn by
the hunter, who tightly laces the bottom
to the ring. so that no water can enter the
kayak. Thus equipped, the Innuit hunter
faces seas which would swamp any other
craft, and plunges safely through the
heaviest surf A single oar with a blade
at each end, in skillful and trained hands
propels this unballasted, unsteady craft
with great rapidity, and it moves through
the water at rate varying from five to
ten miles an hour, according to the charac-
ter of the sea and the exigency of the oc-
casion. The oar properly handled enables
an expert to rise to the surface, If, as hap
pens at times, the boat is overturned
The kayak of the Eskimo is probably
unsurpassed in ingenuity by the boating
devices of any other savage people of the
globe. Its essential points of lightness,
buoyancy and structural strength are mar
velously well adapted to the varying and
dangerous conditions under which an Es-
kimo provider seeks his sea game. This
tiny craft with all hunting gear weighs
scarcely fifty pounds, and will carry load
of some 200 pounds besides its occupant.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mexican War Veteran.


The wonderful efficacy ofsSwifts Specific as
remedy ana cure for rheumatism and all blood
disease, has never had more conspicuous
Illustration than this case affords. The candid,
unsolicited and emphatic testimony given by
the venerable gentleman must be accepted as
convincing and conclusive. The writer is a
prominent citizen of Mississippi. The gentle
man to whom Nj. Martin refers, and 10 whom
he is indebted for the advice to which he owes
his final relief from years of suffering, is Mr..
King, for MANY years the popular night clerk of
the Lawrence House, at Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss, April % 1887.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta Ca:
GeIpelnea-I have been an invalid pensioner
for forty years. having contracted pulmonary
and other diseases in the Mexican War, but not
till the list of March, 1875. did feel any symp-
denly stricken with that disease in both hips
and ankles: For twenty days 1 walk on
crrtches. Then the pain was less vi lent, but it
shifted from joint to joint. For weeks would
be totally disabled, either on one side of nv
body or the other. The pain never left me a
moment for eleven years and seven months
tnat Is from March /, 1875, when l was first
During these eleven years of intense suffering
tried innumerable prescriptions from various
physicians, and tried every thing suggested by
friends but If ever received the least benefit
from any medicine taken internally or exter-
nally am not aware oft Finally, about the first
of September, made arrangements to 90 to the
Hot Springs of Arkansas, having despaired of
every other remedy, when 1 accidentally met
an old acquaintance. Mr.. King now of the
Lawrence House, of this city, He had once
been great sufferer from rheumatism and. as
suppose, had been cured by visit to Hot
Springs. But when met him, he told me his
visit to the Hot Springs was in vain-he found
no relief On his return from Ho. Springs he
heard, for the first time, of the S. S. as rem
edy for rheumatism. He tried it and six bottles
made a complete cure. Several years have
passed since, but he has had no return of the
disease.
Immediately returned to try it. In Septem-
Der l took four bottles, and by the first of Oc-
tober was well-as for as the rheumatism was
concerned. All pain had disappeared, and
HAVE NOT FELT A TwINGE OF 1T SINCE
have no interest in making this statement
other than the hope that it may direct some
other sufferer to sure source of relief and if it
has this result l am well rewarded for my
trouble. am very respectfully and truly your
friend. j. NJ H. MARTIN
For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood
and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
ly-TuThS Drawer g. Atlanta, Ga.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-30
The Modern Hippoorates

Two sides of English social life are
strangely contrasted in the contributions
to the public purse for the financial year
ended the 3lst of March last. A sum of
Els, 403 was contributed by persons, pre-
sumably of sound physical constitution, to
entltle them "to kill game" and nearly
similar amount, or e179071, was contri-
buted by manufacturers of patent medi-
clnes, seeking to cure ailing humanity.
The statistics to hand in connection with
the latter source of public revenue are
peculiarly interesting as indicating the
utility of a colossal system of advertising.
as well as the increasing number of per
sons suffering from temporary or chronic
illnesses who are prepared to accept the
assurances of patent-medicine manu-
facturers that their wares possess the quail
ties attributed to them. In 1865 the total
number of patent medicine labels issued
by the excise authorities was ,074, 66S and
the receipts e55, 1888. Ten years latter the
number of labels had increased TO 1924
l83, and the receipts to e114,323, while
last year the number of labels was vet
higher at 2l,46S.71s. The percentage of
increase in the first period of eleven wears
(lS65-lS75) was 1884 for labels and
1861 for duty; in the second period it
was 35,25 and 1913 respectively. Though
the quantity OF patent medicines placed
upon the market did not increase in as
large proportion between 1866 as be-
tween 1868, the public demand appears
to be more general from the fact that the
number of vendors increased by So per
cent during the recent, as against 26 per
cent. in the earlier period As the label
duty is equivalent to one-eighth of the
value Of the article stamped, we have
a ready means of ascertaining the approx
innate annual expenditure of the popula-
ton OF these islands for patent medicines.
Within twenty-one years il has risen from
e49l 1897 to 81 ,611 ,639-PaH Mall Gazette.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-30
Origin of the Gorge of the Mis-,.s,,,,

The Falls of Niagara are familiar to all
and came to exist through causes natural
and easy OF explanation, inasmuch as the
whole secret lies in the character of the
formations over which the river flows. viz
a crust made up of from sixty to one hum
dred feet OF comparatively hard limestone
iYlng IN nearly horizontal position, be-
meath which Is deep deposit of shales
and sandstones. Whenever the river in
wearing Its channel back reached the point
where this arrangement of rocks began.
the hard limestone would naturally resist
the eroslve action Of the waters, while the
underlying shales and sandstones, offering
less resistance, would be rapidly cut away,
until such vertical fall as now seen would
be the result, with constant recession 90
ing on, leaving below the broad CANYON,
walled on either hand by bluffs, the crests
of which are preserved by the limestone
browning them.
These few reflections as to the falls and
gorge of Niagara, fully demonstrated by
forces now in active operation, we shall
apply to the Mississippi. Here also a
mighty waterway has been cut out by
erosion-a fact which is universally con-
coded, but no definite explanation of the
process has heretofore, so far Us we have
been able to learn, been advanced. 1t re-
manned for geology-reading inventor by
the name of Robert Bates to suggest a
theory which, Illuminated with what little
investigation We have been able to give it.
promises to offer a solution of the question,
or assist in its solution. The solution
briefly is, that the erosion was accom-
plished by means of mighty cataract
which began far down the river near its
original mouth, and by gradual retroces-
sion dug out the valley-like gorge which is
so marked feature in the upper part of
its course, and left the high bluff walls on
either hand, at the same time depositing
heavy beds of sand at the bottom of the
canyon, the product of the erosion above
and that st. Anthony falls are the ever
decreasing and receding remnants of the
once most stupendous cataract the world
ever saw, having perpendicular descent
of perhaps six hundred feet.-John A. Kevs
IN Popular Science Monthly for august.